1. In primary school: The toughest English lessons got was reading about the adventures of Biff and Chip.
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In secondary school: You thought you’d never see the end of this fucking anthology.
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2. In primary school: You messed around by covering your hands with PVA glue, letting it dry, and then peeling it off again.
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In secondary school: You messed around by secretly listening to music during lessons using some clever headphone work.
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3. In primary school: These were the only school shoes you wanted, and they somehow gave you a tanky amount of power when you kicked a football.
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In secondary school: You’d have the piss taken out of you if you wore anything like that, and had to go for something like these instead (which were way worse for football).
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4. In primary school: You probably had your lunch of sandwiches, a packet of crisps and a chocolate bar (usually a Club, a Penguin or a Gold Bar) from a lunchbox like this.
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In secondary school: It was all about the generic school dinner curries, gloopy spag bol, and plates of food like this.
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5. In primary school: The naughtiest thing anyone ever did in the toilets was throw wet toilet paper and stick it to the ceiling.
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In secondary school: Kids would have a sneaky fag in the cubicles during lunch break.
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6. In primary school: Being picked to write on the overhead projector was pretty much the most exciting thing that could ever happen to you.
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In secondary school: For some reason they let you loose with things like Bunsen Burners and flasks of corrosive acid. 
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7. In primary school: The worst thing about PE was having to do exercises on these mats, which were somehow harder than the actual floor.
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In secondary school: The fucking beep test. Enough said.
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8. In primary school: You got to sing all the fun hymns, like “He’s Got the Whole World in his Hands” and “You Shall Go Out With Joy”.
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In secondary school: You probably mimed along to all the hymns because it wasn’t cool to sing along any more.
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9. In primary school: Looking for a great mark? All you needed were some mad WordArt skills and maybe a tea-stained piece of homework (if it was a history project).
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In secondary school: It was all about seeing how much of SparkNotes you could copy without getting found out.
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10. In primary school: You got fed up spending ages waiting around after school every day while your mum chatted to all the other mums.
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In secondary school: You got fed up spending ages waiting around after school for the bus which was always late.
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11. In primary school: You had to do all your sport in these (which hurt like hell to kick a ball with).
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In secondary school: You’d stretch the PE uniform code as far as you could, and try to get away with wearing your team’s football shirt.
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12. In primary school: Your future was decided by these things.
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In secondary school: Your future was decided by these things.
